Lawn-swing.



W. S. TOTHILL.

v LAWN swine. APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 14, 1910.

993,000. Patented May 23, 1911'.

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WILLIAM S. TOTHILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAWN-SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 23, 1911.

Application filed September 14, 1910. Serial No. 582,034.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM S. TOTHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Swings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawfly invention relates to lawn swings and has for its object to improve their construction to obviate a difficulty always heretofore encountered.

In swings of the general type shown in the drawing, it has been customary to have the seat-supporting bars extend clear to the floor or platform, to which they have been pivoted at their lower ends. In a swing so constructed, the forward edge of the seat is at a constantly varying distance from the point on the floor or platform where the feet of the occupant rest as the swing is operated. It quite frequently happens that the occupants leg is caught and gripped between the floor and the seat as the distance between them decreases, to the discomfort of the occupant, and sometimes a childs leg is more or less seriously injured in this we By my improved construction, this di culty is entirely avoided and all danger of injury is taken away. The means by which I have accomplished this result are illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new is set forth in the claims.

The drawing is a view of a complete swing embodying my improvements, in which- 10 indicates the four standards converging toward their upper ends, braced together by diagonal braces 11 and transverse braces 12, and held together at their upper ends by a top 13.

1415 indicate two long rods or bolts passing through the standards 10 and the upper ends of the diagonal braces 11, a pair of seat-supporting bars 16 being pivoted on the rod 14, and a pair of similar seat-supporting bars 17 being pivoted on the rod 15.

18 indicates two diagonal braces connected to each pair of seat-supporting bars 16-17.

19-20 indicate seats of any appropriate type rigidly secured to the lower ends of the bars 16 and 17, respectively.

2122 indicate long rods or bolts passing through the lower ends of the bars 16 and 17, respectively, in the construction shown assisting in holding the seats 19-20 in position.

23242526 indicate pairs of diverging bars the upper ends of which are pivoted on the rods 21-22, to the lower ends of all of which is rigidly secured the floor or platform 27 Each pair of diverging bars 23242526 comprises in efiect a single standard rigidly connected to the platform 27 and pivotally connected to one of the seats 19-20.

By this construction, as will be readily understood, the platform 27 is maintained at all times in the same position relative to the pivot bolts 21--22 and therefore substantially in the same position at all times relative to the front portions of the seats 19-20, thus clearly doing away' with the danger of injury or annoyance due to the changing distance between the seat and the floor in the old constructions.

While I have shown the seat supporting members in the form of rigid bars, I do not wish to restrict myself to that particular construction except as hereinafter claimed. Neither is my invention limited to the particular form of standard from which the seats are supported, as any suitable support may be employed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. The combination with a standard and a seat supported therefrom and adapted to swing relative thereto, of a platform pivotally supported below said seat on a pivotal axis substantially coinciding with the front edge of said seat, said supporting means being rigid with said platform.

.2. The combination with a standard and a seat supported therefrom and adapted to swing relative thereto, of a platform pivotally supported below said seat but held against movement relative thereto in the direction of the swinging.

3. In a swing, the combination with a standard, and a pair of oppositely-disposed seats supported therefrom and adapted to swing relative thereto, of a platform pivv pivotally connected thereto and rigidly connected at their lower ends to said platform.

5. In a swing, the combination with a standard, two pairs of bars supported therefrom and adapted to swing relative thereto,

and a seat rigidly connected to the lower ends of each pair of said bars, of a rod extending transversely of said swing near the forward edge of each of said seats, a pair of diverging bars pivot-ally mounted on each end of each of said rods, and a platform secured to the lower ends of said diverging bars.

WILLIAM s. TOTHILL. Witnesses MINNIE A. HUNTER, W. H. DE BUSK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

